BRITISH TAXATION

Chronicle (Levin), 11 October 1946, Page 5

BRITISH TAXATION

Received Thursdav, 7 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 10. British taxpayers will have to provide anoilicr £50,000,000 in addition to £80,000,000 aiready spent on (.Terniany, if the new'food ration scales being introduced on October 14, are to be maintained, says the Daily Kxpress Berlin correspondent. The British and Ainerican Zones' ratious are being increased from 1000 calories to 1550 for the nornial consumer and the British are aiming to increa.se the ration to 1800 which would mean a furtlier £20,000,000 from the taxpuyers. lUiners in the zones from October 11 will get 4000 calories and 000 calories above the British prewar c-ivilia.ii average tliough still 204 below the jiresent British miners' diet. The Daily Telegraph's Berlin correspondent says 2,000,000 tons of gntin costing £5(3,000 will have to be imported to the British Zoue and 1,000,000 to the American Zone for niaiiitaining the 1550 calories scale. The £81,000,000 total eost will be shared by Britain and America aml the questiou of the propo'rtion is at present under discussion. The correspondent adds that increasing the ration to 1800 calories would involve importing a furtlier 75,000 tons 1o tlie British Zone and 500,000 tons to the American Zone.